Canopy Aerospace & Defense

Thermal Protection
for Space &
Hypersonic Flight

Reusable, additive-manufactured heat shields and thermal protection systems — engineered from the depths to the stars. Speed to solution for the next generation of re-entry, hypersonics, and propulsion.

  • 3D Printing
  • Industrials
  • Manufacturing
  • Space Tech

Capabilities

Engineered to Survive Re-entry

Our thermal protection systems are 3D-printed from ultra-high-temperature ceramics — reusable, lighter, and built in days, not months.

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Reusable 3D-Printed TPS

Additively manufactured thermal protection that flies again and again. Net-shape printing eliminates tooling and slashes lead times from months to days.

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Heat Shields

Mission-tuned aeroshells and heat shields for capsules, landers, and re-entry vehicles — designed, printed, and qualified under one roof.

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Ultra-High-Temp Ceramics

Proprietary UHTC formulations that hold their structure past 2,000 °C, protecting vehicles through the most extreme thermal loads of flight.

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Speed to Solution

A vertically integrated additive workflow takes you from requirement to flight-ready hardware at the pace emerging space and defense programs demand.

Industries Served

From the Depths to the Stars

Wherever extreme heat is the limiting factor, Canopy delivers the shield.

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Space & Launch

Reusable thermal protection for capsules, upper stages, and landers. We help launch and in-space programs fly more often, recover more hardware, and lower cost per mission.

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Hypersonics

Leading-edge and acreage TPS for hypersonic vehicles enduring sustained, punishing heat loads. Materials and geometries optimized for survivability at speed.

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Defense

As Canopy Aerospace & Defense, we deliver mission-critical thermal systems for national security programs — built domestically, qualified fast, and ready to scale.

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Canopy in-house additive manufacturing facility In-house Additive Facility

Manufacturing

Printed In-House. Flight-Ready Faster.

Canopy owns the full additive workflow — from ceramic material development to net-shape printing, post-processing, and qualification. By collapsing the supply chain into one facility, we turn extreme-environment requirements into delivered hardware at unprecedented speed.

2,000°C+ Operating Temperature
10× Faster Lead Times
100% Additively Manufactured
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Backed by

Built with Conviction.

Canopy is backed by partners who invest in the hardest problems in aerospace.

Techstars '22

Get in touch

Let's build the shield for your mission.

Tell us about your re-entry, hypersonic, or propulsion thermal challenge. Our engineering team will get back to you fast.

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